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External Style Sheet
In case of external stylesheet, the CSS styles are written in a separate file which is saved with .css
extension. You need to include a reference to the external style sheet file within the <LINK> element
inside the <HEAD> element. Syntax to include the reference of external stylesheet is:
<head>
<link rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” href=“name of style sheet”>
</head>
Where, HREF attribute contains the path of the stylesheet. For example, if you have saved the file in
which styles are written with the name style.css, then the code will be:
<head>
<link rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” href="style.css">
</head>
You need to give complete drive path of the stylesheet, if the file is saved at any other location. Let us
create a web page using the external style sheet. The first step is to create stylesheet file. Open the
Notepad and type the following code:
body{background-color:green; color:white;}
Now, save the file with the name style.css at any location again open a new notepad window and
type the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Using External Stylesheet</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
Text with white colour and background colour is green
</body>
</html>
When you view the preceding web page in browser, you will get the following output:
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